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Last
week
I
sat
on
a
panel
of
judges
for
a
business
plan
competition
at
the
Schulich
School
of
Business
at
York
University
in
Toronto
Canada.
My
experience
on
the
campus,
interaction
with
the
students
and
a
number
of
faculty
members,
and
my
lengthy
dialogue
with
the
Dean
of
the
Business
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In
February,
we
saw
the
future
of
analytics.By
October,
that
future
had
arrived.In
the
months
between,
an
IBM
computer
system
named
“Watson”
would
best
top
Jeopardy!
champions
Ken
Jennings
and
Brad
Rutter.
Slate
Magazine
would
name
Watson
Principal
Investigator
David
Ferrucci
one
of
America’s
25
best
real-world
problem
solvers.
And
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This
week,
I
wanted
to
take
a
look
at
enterprise
modernization
capabilities
and
efforts
in
the
context
of
software
development.
So,
in
the
tradition
of
this
blog,
I'm
going
to
begin
by
discussing
a
completely
different
area:
electric
guitars. The
electric
guitar
industry
is
one
in
which
conservative
design
has
almost
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It’s
a
lot
easier
to
celebrate
a
century
than
it
is
to
stay
in
business
for
one.
A
lot
more
fun,
too.Back
in
January,
IBM
Chair,
President
&
CEO
Sam
Palmisano
called
2011
“a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity
[for
IBMers]
to
reconnect
with
our
company...what
we
stand
for
and
value...
[to]
show
... [ + Read more ]

You
may
have
noticed
that
I've
been
on
a
bit
of
a
"social
business"
theme
lately,
what
with
McKinsey
reporting
on
companies'
successes
and
stumbles,
IBMers
trading
workplace
foibles
and
Lotusphere
2012
in
full
swing.
So,
here's
the
latest.
In
prepping
for
my
presentation
to
Social
Media
Breakfast
Ottawa
I
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A
few
steps
forward,
the
odd
step
back,
with
the
biggest
gains
yet
to
come. McKinsey
has
released
its
fifth
annual
survey
on
companies'
use
of
social
tools
and
tech
and
the
results
are
decidedly
mixed.
The
good
news
is
that
adoption
rates
and
expertise
levels
have
reached
"critical
scale"
at
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Hi.
Who
just
joined?Can
you
see
my
screen?
How
about
now?
No?
How
about
now?
Last
month
I
argued
that
IBM
was
ideally
positioned
to
become
a
social
business
because
IBMers
themselves
are
exceedingly
social.I
should
have
added
"funny."
Last
Thursday,
IBMers
Lindsey
Gremont
and
Megan
Moyer
started
the
weekend
fun
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Guest
post
from
Anuj
Marfatia,
Senior
Market
Manager,
IBM
Predictive
Analytics
Solutions
Not
to
frighten
anyone,
but
there
are
only
five
weeks
before
the
holidays.
The
pressure
is
on.
In
the
U.S.,
the
holiday
shopping
chaos,
advertisements,
music
and
decorations
now
begins
on
Nov.
1,
right
after
Halloween.
I
actually
feel
bad
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With
six
weeks
to
go
before
the
end
of
the
year
my
thoughts
have
of
late
been
going
in
two
directions,
usually
at
once.
If
I'm
not
looking
back
on
the
year
that
was
(an
extraordinary
one
for
IBM)
I'm
looking
at
the
year
that
will
be,
given
our
persistently
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